Overwhelmed by feelings of incredible loneliness after his wife Evy Davidson's April 2016 death, Keith Davidson decided to take matters into his own hands. According to People magazine, the retired judge built a massive in-ground pool in the backyard of his Morris, Minn., home for neighborhood kids to enjoy.

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His only rule? Children's parents or guardians must be nearby whilst they splash around.

Davidson recalled life with his wife of 66 years as "a fairytale," adding that he simply couldn't stand the silence in his home after she succumbed to her battle with cancer.

"You get used to having a person there to enjoy, and now this doggone place is just so quiet. The pool has been a diversion from that," he told the magazine.

He opened the impressive 32-foot long, 9-foot deep pool in July and, according to one neighborhood mom of four, it's been a hit.

"He has just been an amazing neighbor and he just loves children," Jaime Mundal told People. "He's kind of adopted all of the neighborhood kids.

Another of Davidson's neighbors told People the only thing the grieving widower wanted from building the pool was for the kids to enjoy it, calling him "a very humble and kind man."

"He put this in for us and our children, in return we can do more to visit with him," 32-year-old Jessica Huebner, who also has four children, told the magazine. "That's what he wants, he wants to connect with the kids."

"His house is filled with life again."

Keith Davidson of Morris, Minn., installed an in-ground pool in his backyard for neighborhood kids to enjoy after the death of his wife. (KARE 11/Facebook)

Although Davidson's enjoying all that the pool has brought to his home, he said he misses his wife immeasurably.

"I miss her every day," he told People. "She's not here, and that's the sad part — it's been great, but it was just so good when she was here."

While he's gained nothing tangible from the installation of the pool, Davidson told NBC News affiliate KARE 11 there's no other way he'd rather enjoy his summer.

"I'm not sitting by myself looking at the walls," he said. "What else would you think of doing where you could have a whole bunch of kids over every afternoon?"

Davidson and his late wife had three children together. They don't have any grandchildren of their own, though Huebner told KARE 11 she often tells him, "you kind of adopted our whole neighborhood of kids."